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FANS have been left baffled after Vitali Klitschko was pictured posing in a National League team's shirt.

The former WBO world heavyweight world champion was snapped in an Aldershot Town FC shirt.

Vitali Klitschko  posed in an Aldershot Town shirt
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Vitali Klitschko posed in an Aldershot Town shirtCredit: X @OfficialShots
He was given the shirt by one of the team's partners
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He was given the shirt by one of the team's partnersCredit: X @OfficialShots

Klitschko, 52, was given the shirt by Andy Drury from the club's partners RLD Builders.

The club shared two pictures, one of which showed the former boxer wearing the shirt with a big smile on his face.

The other picture showed Klitschko and Drury together.

The club wrote: "We were delighted to receive images of Mayor of Kyiv and former Heavyweight Champion of the World Vitali Klitschko donning the red and blue of Aldershot Town!

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"Thanks to Andy Drury of our club Partners RLD Builders for supplying Vitali with the shirt and arranging the pictures!

"It's great to see our amazing 23/24 shirt being spread even further around the world!"

Drury commented on the post as he joked: "I did ask him if he would sign for us."

Other fans were left baffled at the apparent collaboration.

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One posted: "He's pointing at the sponsor. Cracking me up."

A second wrote: "Not what I expected to see on this afternoon."

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A third commented: "Wasn’t expecting that."

A fourth said: "Things you never knew you needed."

Another added: "Vitali Klitschko and Aldershot has to be the strangest link-up of all time."

Klitschko retired from boxing in 2013 and is currently serving as the mayor of Kyiv in Ukraine.

Back in his sporting heyday, he and his younger brother Wladimir ruled the roost at the top of the heavyweight division.

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